Mlp tales

[Magdalen]

I don't know if this has ever happened, and I don't know when we started refering to them by generations

Generation 2 started to be used when generation 2 toys were produced, not before that. I've been online since 1996/7, nobody ever called tales G2 or G anything. There was no confusion in the collecting community about MLP back then.

Yeah there's never been any confusion between generations when I first joined this forum (whenever that was).  I watched Tales when it was on TV.  There were no G2, only the G1s that I grew up with.  So this "oldcomer" never thought Tales was G2.  I don't remember any "oldcomers" confusing the two. In fact I don't remember any confusion until G4.

[Teddy]

I don't know if this has ever happened, and I don't know when we started refering to them by generations

Generation 2 started to be used when generation 2 toys were produced, not before that. I've been online since 1996/7, nobody ever called tales G2 or G anything. There was no confusion in the collecting community about MLP back then.

Yeah there's never been any confusion between generations when I first joined this forum (whenever that was).  I watched Tales when it was on TV.  There were no G2, only the G1s that I grew up with.  So this "oldcomer" never thought Tales was G2.  I don't remember any "oldcomers" confusing the two. In fact I don't remember any confusion until G4.

Yep, I've been in the online pony community since 1999 myself. I had never heard of Tales being referred to as G2 until G4 came out, either. I watched Tales when it was on TV back in 1992, and saw the G2's first come into stores, then the G3's, etc. There was never any doubt or question before that Tales was G1.

[MJNSEIFER]

To all who have answered, thanks for explaining the generation thing, it makes sense that they would have used the generation numbers that early, now that I've had it explained.

Guess, I'm wrong about there being a long term fan who mistook Tales for G2 then?  That's fine, it was just theretical anyway - it was always going to be more of a newcomer's mistake, regardless.

I myself am mostly a newcomer (though all the generations have touched my heart in such a way I sometimes feel like I grew up with them) so I can only theorize.

[Stormness_1]

I know when I first started hanging around the pony community, it was just as G2 came out, and they were referred to as the 'new ponies' on Dream Valley, so that was the thing, until they decided that with the names being similar, different 'generations' worked better, and the G1 & G2 terms were born. I discovered most of this through my best friend, we didn't have internet in our homes back then (shock horror I know!) and used to go to the library on school holidays to look at pony sites, and ID all our G1 ponies, that we found at flea markets and second hand shops. We didn't have the internet speed to watch too many videos, but we got to know the two series, and they were definitely G1, the video game wasn't out yet, but there were TV ads and packaging with the very distinctive G2 art, there was never any question of what gen it was at the time, G2 wasn't even thought of when Tales had been around.

[Magdalen]

To all who have answered, thanks for explaining the generation thing, it makes sense that they would have used the generation numbers that early, now that I've had it explained.

Guess, I'm wrong about there being a long term fan who mistook Tales for G2 then?  That's fine, it was just theretical anyway - it was always going to be more of a newcomer's mistake, regardless.

I myself am mostly a newcomer (though all the generations have touched my heart in such a way I sometimes feel like I grew up with them) so I can only theorize.

That's what we are here for   To inform. And share knowledge.

Ooooh Stormness, I remember those pre-internet days.  Now I feel old haha